Egg-crate filler.



A. NELSON.

EGG CRATE FILLBR.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 2s, 1910.

Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

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v A. NELSON.

EGG CRATE FILLER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 2s, 1910.

979,192. Patented 1360.201910.

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STATES PATENT FFQ.

ANDRE/V NELSON, OF GRACE, WASHINGTON.

EGG-CRATE lLLER.

To all whom it may conce/ra:

Be it known that I, ANDREW NELSON, a

subject of the King of Beninarl, residing at Grace, in the county ofKing and State of iVashington, have inventedccrtain new and usefulImprovements in Egg-Crate Fillers, of which the following is aspecication.

This invention relates to egg crates, and particularly to the fillersfor the saine, and is designed to construct a filler wherein thepartitions forming the compartments between the longitudinal walls areconstructed of ears or flaps cut from one of said walls, the openingformed by said flap forming a retainingrecess for the egg.

vWith the above and other objects in view, this invention consists ofthe construction, combination and arrangement of parts all ashereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of filler constructed inaccordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectionthereof illustrating the filler collapsed; F ig. 3 is a section takenalong line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 1 is an elevation of one end of thelongitudinal wall, illustrating the position of the slots therein withthe flaps engaging the saine; Fig. 5 is an elevation of the oppositelydisposed wall to that illustrated in Fig. a, setting forth theconstruction of the flaps; Fig. 6 is a similar view to Fig. 1, omittingthe flaps; Fig. 7 is an end elevation of a crate, parts thereof beingbroken away, illustrating a plurality of .tillers therein; Fig. S is atop plan view of the end filler illustrating the protecting strip; Fig.9 is a section taken along line 99 of Fig. S; Fig'. 10 is an elevationof the vertical side of the end filler illustrating the position of theopenings by means of which the protecting strip is secured to thefiller; F ig. 11 is a similar view of the protecting strip; Fig. 12 is atop plan view of a crate, parts thereof being broken away, illustratingthe relative positions of the fillers therein.

The egg iiller forming the subject matter of the present inventioncomprises, the longitudinal walls 10 and 11, the wall 10 being adaptedto rest in substantially a vertical position while the remaining wall 11slopes toward the base thereof. This relative position of the walls 1()and 11 is due to the construction of the flaps formed in the wall 10 andengaging the wall 11.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 23, 1910.

Patented nee. 2o, 1ero. Serial No. 551,213.

The vertical wall 10 has a plurality of flaps 14 cut therefrom, said apsforming the openings 13 in said wall. As the flaps are of approximatelyelliptical formation, the openings will consequently be of a similarcontour, and as a resultl conform to a certain extent with the shape ofthe egg. @ne vertical side of each flap is pivoted to the wall 10 whilethe opposite side thereto is provided with the sloping slots 16 and 16,said slots forming a lug 17. The slots 16 and 16 extend a portion of thedistance toward the central horizontal line of the tlap and as a resultform the neck of the locking lug 17 in such a manner that the samerigidly secures the wall 10 to the sloping wall 11. The end opening 13is provided with the Haps 111 and let which are disposed on oppositesides of the opening 13 and are placed diagonally to each other.

The wall 11 is provided with a plurality cf vertical alined slots 12,each slot being provided at its lower terminal with the curved slit 12C.rfhe locking lugs 17 pass through the slot 12 and the slit 12C afterwhich they are turned and the neck of said lug between the recesses 16and 1G is engaged in the slot 12. At the terminals of said wall areprovided slots 12 and 12, said slot 12 being superposed above the slot12, while the slot 12 is located slightly below the alined slots 12. Theslot 12 is provided with an upwardly curved slit 12a and the slot 12 isprovided with a similarly formed downwardly extending slit 12b. TheseeX- treme slots and slits are adapted to engage the locking lugs 17 ofthe flaps 14 and 14 in such a manner that the compartment is formedbetween said flaps.

It will be understood that the slope of the wall 11 is obtained from theconstruction of the slots 1G and 16 at an angle, inasmuch as the wallnormally rests in said slots.

In placing a plurality of fillers heretofore described in a crateindicated as A, said crate being of the usual construction, thealternate layers are placed transversely and longitudinally, thuspreventing any displacement of the same. The vertical wall 10 of eachfiller is placed adjacent the sloping wall 11 of the adjacent filler,thus leaving suflicient space between each filler for the reception ofthe portion of the egg which projects through the strip 11.

The end filler on each side is provided with a longitudinal protectingstrip 18 locking lugs l' carried by the flaps l-l whichA are adapted tebe received in the angular slots 19. Frein this coiistruction itr willreadily be seen that the proteetinoY strip it? is spaced troni theVertical wall l0 and consequently protects the entire layer ot tillerstroni sudden shocks,

-laving thus described iny intention, what is elainied as new is:

l. ln a cell case, a plurality of binding?)l strips, partitionsinterposed between said bindingl strips, and a ln'otecting strip carriedby each end binding` strip, said protecting strip being provided with aplurality ot flaps adapted to engage the end binding strip.

2. ln a cell case, the combination with a plurality of bindingl strips,one ot' said binding strips being, placed at an angle to theeooperatingy strip, partitions interposed between each pair oft bindingstrips, said partitions being torined trein one ot said binding strips,and ineans whereby Vthe terminals ot each pair of binding strips aredoubly secured.

3. In a cell case, the combination with a plurality ot' binding strips,one ot' said bindnip` strips being` placed atI an anp/le to theeooperating strip, partitions interposed between each pair of bindingstrips, said partitions beingl l'ferined troni one olE said bindinglstrips, and double partitions orined troni one ot said binding` stripsat the extrei'nities ot said strips, leavinga single epenini.

l. In a cell ease, a till coinlnisin in coniliiination a plurality7 ot'binding strips, a series ot tiaps torined .troni the body ot one ot'said binding' strips, adapted to engage the body ot' the oppositebindingv strip in an interlocking engagement.

In testimony7 whereof l allix niy signature in presence ot twowitnesses.

ANDREl/V i\` IMLSON.

Witnesses H. Nlaiiions, F. DAnLs'rnoAr.

